John Meissner
Founder of LabStart
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder, President, and Board Member
2020 - Current
LabStart is a non-profit venture studio that matches entrepreneurs with cutting-edge climate technologies at the U.S. National Laboratories to launch startups.
Chief Executive Officer
2021 - 2023
Enterprise software startup focused on scaling the operations of residential solar installers. The goal is to accelerate the number of homes adopting renewable energy technologies like solar panels, batteries, smart panels, ev chargers, etc. Signed $1M in recurring annual contract value and raised pre-seed funding.
Venture Partner
2021 - 2023
Impact Venture Capital is a venture capital firm focused on seed-stage startups using artificial intelligence applied to large market opportunities including the energy transition, climate change, high-performance computing, robotics, drones, cybersecurity, and other fast-growing areas of innovation.
Impact Venture Capital invests in early stage IT startups, with a focus on TMT, Civic Tech, Cyber Security, FinTech, and Data Analytics.
Founder, Managing Director
2019 - 2021
MXV helps innovators get their ideas out into the world. To do this, we design incubators, accelerators, and innovation programs, and we work with startups directly, helping them launch and grow. Our clients are entrepreneurs, scientists, startups, and research organizations -- basically anyone focused on solving interesting and challenging problems in the renewable energy and sustainability space. MXV is a partnership with Momentum, an advisory services firm focused on leveraging public funding opportunities to help their cleantech clients grow and scale.
Powerful growth for early stage cleantech innovators
Founder, Principle Consultant
2015 - 2021
Canvas Innovations is a venture studio and consultancy focused on commercializing cutting-edge climate technologies. Projects include launching an affinity marketing startup to promote rooftop solar on social media, developing over $5M in public funding for renewable energy and sustainability clients, and commercializing technologies at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), such as enzymatic textile recycling technology, machine learning software for energy efficient transporation hubs, and digitalization of renewable energy power plant operations.
Consultant
2015 - 2016
The World Bank Group provides financial and technical assistance to developing countries.
Raised $81,000,000.00 from Northern Trust, QBE Insurance Group, NSW Treasury Corporation, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, SAFA, Aware Super and Treasury Corporation of Victoria.
Senior Innovation Analyst
2009 - 2015
Contractor at the U.S. Department of Energy focused on accelerating innovative wind power and other renewable energy technologies to market.
US Department of Energy is a government administration that regulates energy policy, research, and development.
Entrepreneur and co-Founder
2007 - 2009
Co-launched SaaS startup that helps senior executives implement corporate growth strategies and manage key initiatives across their organizations.
Analyst
2005 - 2006
Senior Research Assistant
2001 - 2004
Materials science R&D and other fun university lab stuff.
Technology Commercialization Analyst at the von Liebig Entrepreneurship Center
2003 - 2004
Graduate-level internship at the von Liebig Center's technology seed fund.